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4810320033AbstractTypically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points.0
4810320766ConcreteTerm refers to specific particular things as opposed to broad concepts that are more abstract.1
4810323363AccentIn poetry, refers to stressed portion of a word. Can be a matter of opinion. (To be or not to be, that is the question)2
4810326410Accentual verseA system of verse where accents determine the length of lines of poetry. (In a summer season, when soft was the sun)3
4810333768ActA division in the action of a play. (Can be from lowering of curtain, or change in scenes.)4
4810337459AdageProverb based on experience (Where there is smoke there is fire)5
4810341243Aesthetic, AestheticsAppealing to the senses, goes hand in hand with artistic judgement (What is beauty? Ex. The boys room is covered with darkness, and he painted everything black)6
4810342862Aesthetic DistanceTotal Objectivity of a writer, judgements are withheld in account of human experience.7
4810345874AlexandrineA verse of twelve syllables, adopted by french poets deals with dramatic and narrative.8
4810347431AllegoryAn extended major, recounting of an unreal series of experiences close to reality encourages reader to make the association.9
4816787957AlliterationRepetition of same sound on beginning of the word (Big black bear)10
4816788361AllusionBrief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature. (Biblical references)11
4816790818AmbiguityMultiple meanings, lack of clarity in a work. Reflects the vagueness of life.12
4816791524American RenaissanceAmerican Literature during the Civil War13
4816791881AnachronismThe incorporation of an event, scene, or person who does not correspond with the time portrayed in the work (Abraham Lincoln in 2020)14
4816793411AnalogyComparison, employed to clarify an action or a relationship15
4816794112AnapestMade up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. (Interrupt)16
4816795380AnaphoraRhetorical figure where the same word or phrase is repeated multiple times at the beginning of the sentence.17
4816796177AnecdoteShort narrative18
4816796377AnnotationNotes added to a text that explain, name sources, summarize, or evaluate text.19
4823363829AntagonistThe bad person works against the protagonist20
4823364050AntecedentThat which goes before21
4823364369Anthropomorphismobjects are given human emotion, consciousness, or other characteristics. Don't confuse for personification22
4823368561AnticlimaxOccurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been lead to.23
4823369921Anti- HeroA protagonist who is markedly unheroic. Given unsavory qualities.24
4823371121AphorismShorty witty saying25
4823372598AppollonianRefers to the noble qualities of human beings and nature as opposed to the savage and destructive forces.26
4823373842ApologueAn Allegorical story conveying a useful lesson.27

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